explain metagenesis in obelina.
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METAGENESIS The life cycle of Obelia represents a remarkable example of alternation of generation where the asexual and sessile phase of Obelia reproduces asexually by budding and gives rise to sexual and free-swimming medusa. ... This phenomenon of alternation between two diploid phases is termed as metagenesis.
Metagenesis
the reproduction cycle of an organism that alternates between sexual and asexual generations.
Explanation
The occurrence, during the life cycle of an organism, of two types of individual, both diploid, both of which reproduce, one sexually and the other asexually.
The term "metagenesis" is sometimes used loosely as a synonym for the alternation of generations.
Example of Metagenesis
Reproduction cycle of a Cnidarian.
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